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Off-Road Velociraptor Safari!

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  • BearcatBearcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Ive played this for 10 minutes and am now hopelessly drawn into it.
    I've always loved raptors, and I've always loved physics-based games. And I also always loved snaring things with spiked orbs hanging out of vehicles. I feel like the creators made this game with me in mind.

    I hope this gets picked up by Steam and subsequently becomes as famous as CoD4.

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  • BearcatBearcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    So far my highscore is 828,000

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  • Last SonLast Son Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Guys, guys. I found a new favorite trick. Speed full-on toward a raptor with your spiked ball out, then when you approach make a hard turn and release the ball. If you do it correctly the ball goes flying, smashes into the raptor and they go flying off together into the sunset.

    (Also apparently Firefox doesn't recognize 'raptor' as a word)

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  • flammiebcflammiebc Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    So marksman wasn't too difficult to get....

    Yeah, I totally ricocheted the ball off of two canyon walls and nailed that raptor on purpose :D

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  • BearcatBearcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Ohhh I found the red egg too.
    It gets you 3 grand when exported.

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  • DeadlySherpaDeadlySherpa Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Bearcat wrote: »
    Ohhh I found the red egg too.
    It gets you 3 grand when exported.

    there are at least two. not sure if there are more, there is a lot of terrain i still haven't explored

    edit- i found a third, but it's behind the "walls" of the game.

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  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Oh man. I'm currently #2 on the Farthest Jump Kill scoreboard. I was 0.74 meters away from #1. D:
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    Edit: Aw man. I just realized that it's daily. Oh well. At least I get to feel special for 24 hours.

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  • CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Here are two videos of a guy killing that flying dinosaur that I'm not going to attempt to spell:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Mt05NEGiio

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=eTLDhSGM680

    Just killing one gets you 112,000 points and exporting it gets you another 112,000 points.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Man, this had better come to the consoles. Addictiveness ahoy!

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Quick tip for when you've got two raptors on a ball/pteranodon: smack a couple crates into the transmitter before you put the dinosaurs on so you get a good multiplier first.


    I wonder if you can catch like 10 raptors on the back of your jeep by catching two, releasing the ball from your jeep (it stays embedded in the raptors), and then grabbing one of the two and hooking another over and over.

    I managed to get a score of ~500,000 by just doing stunts and orbs yesterday.

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  • DekuStickDekuStick Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    It makes me sad how poorly this game runs for me. I've tried a handful of browsers but it just doesn't want co-operate. My computer/internet is no slouch either. I wish it was just a downloadable game so I could enjoy it to its fullest.

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  • j0hnz3rj0hnz3r Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Man, this thing is a system hog. I've gotten it running ok, but I wish there was a stand alone client.

    This needs to be on Live RIGHT NOW.

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  • GihgehlsGihgehls Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    SoaL wrote: »
    Quick tip for when you've got two raptors on a ball/pteranodon: smack a couple crates into the transmitter before you put the dinosaurs on so you get a good multiplier first.


    I wonder if you can catch like 10 raptors on the back of your jeep by catching two, releasing the ball from your jeep (it stays embedded in the raptors), and then grabbing one of the two and hooking another over and over.

    I managed to get a score of ~500,000 by just doing stunts and orbs yesterday.

    I think the jeep lacks enough power to move that much meat at once, but yes, they will stay connected. The most I could carry was four on a chain and one on my hood that I managed to keep on. The jeep was seriously draggin...

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  • BearcatBearcat Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I hope, in later versions of the game, there's boss fights ... or just big/different dinos. Oh god, T-Rexs and Bronchosauri.

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    It's choppy for me but playable, but when I hit or grab a dino it freezes the browser and takes about five minutes to close it.

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  • PatboyXPatboyX Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I've been having problems playing on my Macbook. I'm going to try it on my desktop.
    May want to updated the OP with the news: They are toying with the idea of a download release. I'm going to assume this will perform better. I know someone from there posted here so hopefully if we keep up asking (I was thinking of emailing but I don't want to annoy the shit out of them) they will release it for download sooner than later.
    This game rules...when it runs.

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  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    How did someone get 19241.60 meters on the Jump Distance leaderboard? Is there a secret/glitch/exploit that I'm not aware of?

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    AaronKI wrote: »
    How did someone get 19241.60 meters on the Jump Distance leaderboard? Is there a secret/glitch/exploit that I'm not aware of?
    yeah, its pretty obviously a glitch/exploit of some sort

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Hey Mandarin, Jetpack Brontosaurus was mentioned earlier in the thread, are you guys really making that too? Please?

    Also, WiiWare release, please.

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Gihgehls wrote: »
    SoaL wrote: »
    Quick tip for when you've got two raptors on a ball/pteranodon: smack a couple crates into the transmitter before you put the dinosaurs on so you get a good multiplier first.


    I wonder if you can catch like 10 raptors on the back of your jeep by catching two, releasing the ball from your jeep (it stays embedded in the raptors), and then grabbing one of the two and hooking another over and over.

    I managed to get a score of ~500,000 by just doing stunts and orbs yesterday.

    I think the jeep lacks enough power to move that much meat at once, but yes, they will stay connected. The most I could carry was four on a chain and one on my hood that I managed to keep on. The jeep was seriously draggin...

    you can attempt this, but be warned. i have noticed the game tracks *at most* 3 balls. also, more often then not, if i have 2+ on a haul, the 2nd ball will vanish and the third raptor will fall off.

    also, be aware that hucking your raptors into the teleporter will provide far more Xbonus. so push a crate or two in, then throw your raptors in. (i like to make a small pile nearby for easy chuckin') this gets your multiplier to XTEXAS

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  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Pieces of your jeep can apparently be used as projectiles. I rammed a raptor, which caused my hood to go flying and take out another raptor that was 30 feet in front of me. The score just said "Killed".

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Are there references to Raptor Jesus in this game?

    Also there should be a single utahraptor that attempts to argue with you and dissuade you from your carnage.

    And then you kill it.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    No. Dialogue would ruin the game and its message.

    EDIT: Its communistic message. I stand by my interpretation.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Woo! 1,148,150! Best score of the day!

    I've discovered the best way to rack up points, though it can be a bit tricky: there's one collector that has a nice ramp facing it. You just grab two raptors, and jump that ramp. Immediately after you hit the ramp (and boost, of course), you let go. If you did it right (and it's not easy: those raptors go flying all over the place as you're dragging them), they'll both hit the collector and you'll get about 300,000 points for the pair of them, between exports and 30-meter tosses. It's fantastic.

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Garthor wrote: »
    Woo! 1,148,150! Best score of the day!

    I've discovered the best way to rack up points, though it can be a bit tricky: there's one collector that has a nice ramp facing it. You just grab two raptors, and jump that ramp. Immediately after you hit the ramp (and boost, of course), you let go. If you did it right (and it's not easy: those raptors go flying all over the place as you're dragging them), they'll both hit the collector and you'll get about 300,000 points for the pair of them, between exports and 30-meter tosses. It's fantastic.

    much simpler and get more points - kill all raptors near a point (around 5) and deposit the corpses near the point, and begin to fling them into it for massive Xtexas points. the flinging - more x and the easy access means your combo doesn't deplete

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  • NaloutoNalouto Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    reminds me of Carmageddon.
    that is a very good thing.
    I want off road zombie safari!

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  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I tried scoring 0 points to see how many entries there were on the high score table. When the timer ran out, the game gave me 50 points. The score event was called "A for Effort".

    I have one more orb left before I get the OCD achievement. I've been driving around for about 40 minutes and I haven't been able to locate it. It's driving me crazy... I've gotten to the point where I'll ignore everything else in the game just to search for it.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    AaronKI wrote: »
    I tried scoring 0 points to see how many entries there were on the high score table. When the timer ran out, the game gave me 50 points. The score event was called "A for Effort".

    Glorious.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    So guys.

    Check out this Jetpack Brontosaurus tech demo.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    So guys.

    Check out this Jetpack Brontosaurus tech demo.

    "The only truely (sic) next game" indeed. omfg you can see the skeleton.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    X Ray jetpack?

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  • TheKoolEagleTheKoolEagle Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    best dev team?

    or bestest dev team

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Is that Aphex Twin?

    edit: because dammit I really liked that music.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It's The Flashbulb

    The song is "Warm Hands in Cold Fog" off the album "Soundtrack To A Vacant Life"

    It (and pretty much everything he has done) is excellent

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Then he bloody sounds like Aphex Twin.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    That is fucking amazing

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  • BearcatBearcat Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    LewieP wrote: »

    That tunnel run reminded me a lot of Pilot Wings 64, only I'm flying a Brontosaurus.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Bearcat wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »

    That tunnel run reminded me a lot of Pilot Wings 64, only I'm flying a Brontosaurus.
    No no, it's an Apatosaurus named Brontosaurus.

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  • Sharp10rSharp10r Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jetpack was too frustrating for me, plus I think I got stuck in a wall or something when I flew into the tunnel.

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